Telling Stories

Telling Stories

To show off their best work, pool professionals can leverage short six- to 30-second videos on social media platforms like TikTok, or with Twitter Fleets and the stories feature on Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. On some platforms, the videos vanish after 24 hours, so pool operators can continually post fresh content that highlights their most…

Replacing Word-of-Mouth

Replacing Word-of-Mouth

Twenty years ago, people found service providers through friends, neighbors or the community board at a local business. Those days are long gone, replaced by social media and search engines. In the last decade, Facebook and Google became kings of the internet, and while they still hold sway over most of the digital empire, it’s…

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in the last two years, marketing on Facebook has become very sophisticated, and advertising there can be profitable when done correctly. In 2014, a Gallup poll showed social media influenced only 5 percent of consumers’ buying decisions. The tide has turned since then, says Thorin McGee, editor-in-chief and content director of Target Marketing magazine. “This…